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Article #20804Re: to graphics processor or not to gra
From: Peter da Silva
Date: Sun, 16 Apr 1989 16:33
Date: Sun, 16 Apr 1989 16:33
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In article <3300064@m.cs.uiuc.edu>, gillies@m.cs.uiuc.edu writes: > BITBLT. It's not just for graphics anymore! I'll say. The Amiga uses BitBlt to decode MFM, and there's this guy who wrote a program that uses the blitter on the Amiga to do LIFE generations: runs at something like 20 generations per second for a 320 by 200 map. -- Peter da Silva, Xenix Support, Ferranti International Controls Corporation. Business: uunet.uu.net!ficc!peter, peter@ficc.uu.net, +1 713 274 5180. Personal: ...!texbell!sugar!peter, peter@sugar.hackercorp.com.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!dptcdc!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!bellcore!texbell!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: to graphics processor or not to gra Message-ID: <3880@ficc.uu.net> Date: 16 Apr 89 16:33:09 GMT References: <28930@apple.Apple.COM> <3300064@m.cs.uiuc.edu> Organization: Xenix Support Lines: 11